Natural Resource Management

Fellow Story

Maria Fernández-Giménez: Research leads to Mongolia's highest honor

Switzer Fellow and Colorado State University Professor Maria Fernández-Giménez has received the Order of the Polar Star from the government of Mongolia, the highest civilian honor the country presents to foreign nationals. Fernández-Giménez was selected due to her long-standing commitment to researching Mongolia’s extensive rangelands and how natural and human communities are adapting to ecological and economic change.
July 26, 2016
Fellow Story

Kelso named 2016 Delta Science Fellow

California Sea Grant is pleased to announce the selection of 12 outstanding doctoral graduate students and postdoctoral researchers as recipients of the 2016 Delta Science Fellowship. Awarded periodically by the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Science Program and administered by California Sea Grant, the fellowship partners junior scientists with academic and community mentors to work on collaborative data analysis and research projects applicable to the California Bay-Delta system. ...
June 24, 2016
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Erik Martinez

2016 Fellow
Prior to joining the EPA, Erik Martinez was a Coastal Development Planner with the California Coastal Commission in San Francisco, CA where he focused on reviewing development projects along the coast to ensure the protection of sensitive...
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Michael Wironen

2016 Fellow
Michael Wironen is the Director of Corporate Engagement for Food & Water at The Nature Conservancy. In this role he provides strategic leadership and technical advice to maximize the value of TNC’s collaborations with leading companies in...
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Kate Voss

2016 Fellow
Katalyn (Kate) Voss leads partnership work for the Water Program at Ceres. This includes identifying and maintaining strategic partnerships – including with NGOs, investors, and funders – to support efforts to address the most severe and...
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Dr. Kimberley Miner

2016 Fellow
Dr. Kimberley R. Miner is a Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California, and a Climate Change Institute Research Assistant Professor. At JPL, Kimberley works on the Arctic Methane Project looking at the impacts of...
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Sarah Skikne

2016 Fellow
Sarah's research focuses on strategies to promote species persistence and ecosystem integrity in the face of climate change. Recent projects have focused on the feasibility of assisted migration and climate refugia strategies, including the...
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Kristen Goodrich

2016 Fellow
Kristen Goodrich serves as the Coastal Training Program Coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve. There, she provides training and technical assistance to coastal...
Leadership Grant Grant

Bird Friendly Communities and Sustainable Solutions

Heather Hulton VanTassel has been hired by Audubon South Carolina as its Manager of Sustainable Solutions, lead its new Bird Friendly Communities program and other climate resiliency initiatives. The Atlantic Flyway is a major travel...
June 14, 2016
Fellow Story

Robert Heilmayr: Market-based conservation programs slow deforestation in Chile

A new study of market-based forest conservation schemes in Chile provides rare insight into the effectiveness of this relatively new approach to preventing deforestation. The schemes, known as non-state, market-driven (NSMD) governance regimes reduced deforestation on participating properties by between 2 and 23 percent, conclude Switzer Fellow Robert Heilmayr and Eric Lambin.
May 11, 2016